Preface Chichester-Clark Family Tree Part I Life before Gardening 1 Political Families and Family Politics 2 'Poor Wee Miss Penny' 3 North Foreland Lodge 4 Girton Girl 5 Mrs Paul Hobhouse 6 Argyll Farmer's Wife Part II Hadspen I 7 Daughter-in-Law 8 Margaret's Legacy 9 Hadspen Hostess 10 The Country Gardener 11 Gardening at Hadspen 12 Garden History Society 13 Bolter Appendix: List of Olearias at Hadspen House, 1978 Part III Tintinhull 14 The Smaller Garden 15 Gardening at Tintinhull 16 Colour in Your Garden 17 Color in Your Garden 18 New York Botanical Garden 19 Garden Style 20 Oronsay 21 Gardens of the World 22 Flower Gardens 23 Austin, Texas 24 Plants in Garden History Appendix: Plant List of the Azalea Garden (now Middle Garden) at Tintinhull, 1980s Part IV Bettiscombe 25 On Gardening 26 Gardening at Bettiscombe 27 The Art and Practice of Gardening 28 Walmer Castle 29 Aberglasney 30 Penelope Hobhouse's Garden Designs 31 RHS Wisley Country Garden 32 Three Gardens, Three Challenges 33 A Time of Reckoning 34 Planting for the Future 35 The Story of Gardening 36 Bettiscombe at the Philadelphia Flower Show 37 Gardens of Persia 38 In Search of Paradise Appendix: Plant List of Bettiscombe at the Philadelphia Flower Show, 2001 Part V Hadspen Again 39 The Parabola Problem 40 Memories of the Alhambra Part VI Dairy Barn 41 The Story of Gardening Revisited 42 A Lifetime of Achievement Appendix: Plant List of Dairy Barn, 2025 Appendix: Roots and Branches Bibliography Acknowledgements Index.